Montreal bassist Alex Bellegarde is an energetic player with a mean ‘groove’ and a broad imagination. Composer and master of improv he creates music drawn from a wealth of sources and loves to collaborate with poets, actors and visual artists. His compositions, along with a great performance by his quartet, merited the Grand Jazz Award at the Montreal Jazz Festival, 26th ed.

A much sought-after Latin bassist when local Cuban players or latin stars from out of town need the right sound, he has performed with renowned percussionists Candido Camero and Edwin Bonilla, Cuban vocalist Chiquitin and Puerto Rican vocalist Viti Ruiz.

With several albums to his credit, his release Caminando (Justin Time Records), received excellent press reviews and was a Coda Jazz Magazine’s top tens pick for 2006. He has recorded with a range of artists: Martin Roussel, Yoël Diaz, Eval Manigat, Denis Chang and Maânouche Swing, Neal Haiduck to name a few.